Effect of Empowerment Program on Self-efficacy among Children with Thalassemia | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 104, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Page 1679-1692 PDF (272.29 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.203209 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hanem Abdullah Mohamed* 1; Eman Abdelfattah Hassan2 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing,Faculty of Nursing - Cairo University | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Cairo University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Thalassemia is the most common hereditary hemoglobinopathy, enhancing self-efficacy in children’s with thalassemia remains so important; as it is related to the capability to achieve some important goals together with their psychological well-being . Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of empowerment program on self-efficacy among children with thalassemia. Methods: One- group quasi- experimental design with pre-post evaluation, which was conducted in the hematology clinics at El-Monira pediatric hospital, affiliated to Cairo- University. A purposive sample of 100 children, aged from 8-12 years old. Tools: 1) Structured interview sheet, 2) knowledge structured questionnaire, 3) and the self-efficacy questionnaire for children were used for data collection. Results: All children had unsatisfactory knowledge about thalassemia before the program implementation. Meanwhile, for total knowledge satisfactory level of children increased to slightly, more than three quarter, near to three fifths, immediate post and one month after the program respectively with highly statistically significant difference P <. 0.001. Also, highly significant improvements of academic, social and emotional self-efficacy of children were observed after one month P <. 0.001. Conclusion: Significant improvement in knowledge of children detected immediate post and one month after the empowerment program, but self–efficacy improved significantly only after one month. Recommendations: The study recommended that the empowerment program should be implemented in the routine care for children with thalassemia. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Empowerment program; children; self – efficacy; thalassemia | ||||
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